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Can a nuclear disaster at Zaporizhzhia be averted? | Inside Story
By Al Jazeera English August 20, 2022
Fears are increasing of a disaster at Europe's largest nuclear facility. Shelling has intensified around the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia power plant in Ukraine. Moscow and Kyiv blame each other for the attacks. Russia controls the facility but Ukraine is operating it. How much of a risk does the conflict pose? And is a diaster worse than Chernobyl imminent? Fears are increasing of a disaster at Europe's largest nuclear facility. Shelling has intensified around the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia power plant in Ukraine. Moscow and Kyiv blame each other for the attacks. Russia controls the facility but Ukraine is operating it. How much of a risk does the conflict pose? And is a diaster worse than Chernobyl imminent?
Presenter: Laura Kyle
Guests:
Andrei Fedorov: Former Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia
Hanna Shelest: Security Studies Program Director at Ukrainian Prism
Robert Kelley: Former Director at the International Atomic Energy Agency
Ukraine-Russia: ‘Striking Zaporizhzhia would be suicide’
By Al Jazeera English Augusti 19, 2022
In recent weeks, Europe’s largest nuclear power plant Zaporizhzhia has come under heavy artillery fire. Both Ukraine and Russia blame one another for the attacks, as UN chief Antonio Guterres warned any damage to the plant would be “suicide”.